Rev. Edgar Dufes Dies of Pneumonia, Jan. 6, 1923

Noted Tar Heel Educator Dies. . . Rev. Edgar Dufes, President of Several Mountain Institutions, Victim of Pneumonia

By Associated Press

Johnson City, Tenn., Jan 6—A special to the Staff from Banner’s Elk, N.C., tells of the death there this morning at 10 o’clock of Rev. Edgar F. Dufes, Presbyterian minister there for 15 years.

Pneumonia was the cause of his death.

He was president of Lee McRaes Institute and the Plumtree school for boys.

He had charge of the Grandfather orphanage where 75 children are being educated.

Recently he constructed on of the most modern hospitals to be found in the state of North Carolina.

In addition to this work, he supervised many Sunday schools.

The funeral will probably be in charge of Rev. Jimison McMillan, of Johnson City, and is scheduled for Sunday.

From the front page of the Salisbury Evening Post, Saturday, Jan. 6, 1923